Representatives of the Australian University Flinders have created a special "sponge", a polymer that can save sea water from oil and diesel spills. Researchers hope that their invention will become a cheap and reliable way to deal with environmental disasters.
At the heart of the new invention is the combination of sulfur and canola oil, these elements repel water, turning into a gel. Thus, the compound clears the sea of ??oil products, reports bagnet. org.
"Our tool is cheap enough, it can be used both in the delta of the Niger and in the Amazon basin," said the head of the project, Dr. Justin Chalker.
He expressed the hope that the invention of his team would compete with other methods of water purification.
According to the international organization ITOPF, which collects information about pollution, in 2017 almost 7 thousand tons of crude oil were thrown into the oceans.
Source: News Yu.
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